With its first win in the bag, Ghani and Abdullah demonstrated resolve, says Isaqzadeh.
The renewed activity "may indicate North Korean plans to demonstrate resolve" after the Hanoi summit, it said.
A unique survey of 259 foreign military officers finds that costly signals are less credible than assumed and that drones demonstrate resolve in new ways.
Mr. Koizumi was torn between their outrage and his own, perhaps more pressing need to demonstrate resolve to his people, who are counting heavily on him to set Japan back on course after a decade of economic decline.
The Eurogroup commends the authorities for their demonstrated resolve in implementing these important measures in a tight timeframe and reiterates its appreciation for the efforts made by the Cypriot citizens over the last weeks.
"You and your fellow citizens have demonstrated resolve in the face of challenges posed by Iraq's extremist enemies," said the statement by Ryan C. Crocker, the American ambassador to Iraq, and Gen. David H. Petraeus, the commander of American forces.
By going to the Shinto shrine on a day other than Aug. 15, he disappointed those who had been pressing him to demonstrate resolve by keeping the pledge he made when he became prime minister in April.
News Corp said the board based its vote of confidence on Rupert Murdoch's vision and leadership in building the company from its modest roots, his ongoing performance and his demonstrated resolve to address the mistakes of the company identified in the select committee's report.
If the United States demonstrated resolve whenever Moscow made threatening noises; if it extended aid to the European democracies, so that they would know who their friends were; and if it otherwise tended to the cultivation of its own garden there was no reason to expect World War Three.
In trying to make his decision, Mr. Koizumi was torn between the outrage of neighbors who suffered from Japanese aggression and his own, perhaps more pressing, need to demonstrate resolve to his people, who are counting heavily on him to set Japan back on course after a decade of economic decline.
